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EXCLUSIVE DOWNLOAD: The Smith Westerns - Irukandji + Spiritus Sanctus

Posted 6/20/2008 12:30 PM by Christen Thomas

Tags: experimental, alternative, rock, indie, Chicago

Photo by: Chris Anderson

You know how in TV shows like Freaks & Geeks and The Wonder Years, even though the nerds were getting stuffed into lockers and being ignored by the blonde girls, their existence always seemed preferable because even though they may have been into D&D, they could have more fun on non-alcoholic beer than everyone at the kegger?  Switch out the D&D for obsession with weird old punk and garage records, non-alcoholic keggers for shows at venues that serve real actual booze (though legally not to you) and caring about the other kids for hanging with your buddies and making goofily awesome songs with beat up guitars.  You always sort of knew the nerds ended up alright, but the Smith Westerns are one up on those kids since they're already unquestionably more rad than most of the people in the room.

The shows thus far have consisted of underage boy shirtlessness, a gallon of milk passed around onstage, helmets worn to beat cymbals into submission and better choreography than your average high school dance.  All that with fucking catchy songs to boot and you're beginning to get to the delightful disaster of the Smith Westerns.  RCRD LBL is pleased to present two songs from their first 7" on HoZac Records, released just yesterday.  Try figuring out what's so holy about the jangley "Spiritus Sanctus" other than the kind of racket that would make your grandma cover her ears and then try figuring out why you never put those four chords together to make a song as stingingly catchy as "Irukandji."  Check out the songs and get a copy of the limited edition vinyl while you still can.  If this seems like overly gushing excitement for a brand new band of whippersnappers, you try feeling 17 and in love with four Midwestern boys at once.

Sounds Like: Black Lips, Lover!, CoCocoma, Tyrades, Brian Jonestown Massacre

Download: The Smith Westerns - Irukandji

Download: The Smith Westerns - Spiritus Sanctus

The Smith Westerns @ MySpace

The Smith Westerns @ RCRD LBL

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